Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1887-04-14

4 system of politics which permitted q
| party TO ill every office under the Federal
| Government with its adherents, and then
| on the eve Of a change Of administration
| 20 pass law declaring that no man there
| after be discharged the service without
| cause, and that no man shall be appointed
! to office without standing an examination
touching his literary requirements, and
prescribing him on account Of his age. is
so thoroughly opposed TO every principle
| advocated by the great Founder of Democ
| racy, so undenOcratic and obnoxious TO
free government, that il will not be able
long TO withstand the whirlwind Of public
condemnation and disapproval that is pre-
pairing in this country today, TO sweep il
into oblivion.
do not wonder that tried and true Dem
ocrats are Disguised with such law, and
feel kecnly the great wrong and injustice
which has thereby been inflicted upon
many Of those who have borne the heat
and burden of the day, in the hour Of our
party's trial and adversely.
But says the poet;
III we do but watch the hour,
There never yet was human power,
Which could eyade il Gnf0rgiven,
The patient search and vigil long
OF him who treasures up a wrong.
This great wrong, fellow democrats. will
and must be corrected.
No man appreciates more than | do
qualification and merit; men should be Sc
lected on account Of their fitness and ca
pacity for the work pertaining to the office
assigned them. But when il is said that
the peol ! > voice shall not be heard, but
shall be stitled, that notwithstanding the
Democracy of the nation have elected a
President, the great army II Republican
offiCe-holderS shall continue in power and
draw their pay, presents such an AROMA
lous condition of affairs that the mere state
ment of the proposition Is sufficient II con
denim il in the minds Oi all fair and unpre-
JUDGED people.
But leaving this great question 20 the ma
tional legislators 10 settle a best they can.
let us look fnr one moment at our own lit
tie State and see
WHAT DEMOCRACY HAS DONE.
II has given ~ the people Of this State n
pure and honest government, economically
administered.
No State in this great union of thirty
eight States can claim a higher standard Of
credit than Maryland. Nor is this all.
The credit of MARYLAND today stands sec
'hAl u ll' -''hAl al4ilN tlt ia Tux N''itN
Here gentlemen is what Democracy has
done, and i now doing, for Your State un-
trammelcd 10y Civil Service Laws.
We are paying off the debt ofthe State al
the rate of over -Four Hundred THOUSAND
Dollars year. and exchanging six per ct.
interest bearing bonds Ot the State as fast rs
they fall due. and issuing instead a bond
only bearing three per cent. interest, and
the INK is not dry where the Treasury Off
GERS sign their names before these bonds are
above par.
In view Of all this, cannot we Justly claim
, that the Democracy which rules Maryland
to-day, and under whose management the
credit of Maryland has reached such an en-
viahlc position, challenging the admiration
and applause Of Republicans and Demo
Gratis alike, is that same Democracy. which
the immortal jefferson founded and which
Jackson loved and upheld and enforced,
With all the power Of his indomitable spirit
BRIGHT RECORD.
The record of the Democracy of Mary
land Is indeed n bright and glorious one,
ever looking with vigilant eve 10 the
wants of humanity.
Whatever will elevate, whatever will inn
prove and whatever will benefit our people,
il has ever been on the alert t. grasp and
utilize
When the poor man was III prison and
his wifi and children Were furnishing for
! bread, because the husband and father hy
I some turn Of fortunes wheel was unable Ia
pay his debts, then il was that the grea,
+ Democratic party came forth in its might
and power. and bursting aSuRder the pris-
. ON bars, set the prisoner free by repeating
ali laws for the imprisonment for debt.
When ignorance and vice hung ike a
cloud a black as night over the mind and
! conscience Of the poor mans child; when
there were no schools save for those who
were able IL pay,-true L. its teachings and
professions, that Of comforting the CREATES,
good upon the greatest number-this same
. great Democratic party marShalled its f,,fces
and inscribed upon its banner the startling
declaration, Education Free to AL" and
bearing in its hand this torch ofcivilization,
established system Of Free Schools
I throughout the commonwealth, which in
Eherslity of support and efficiency of CON
duct and administration, stands to-day al
most without = parallel in the history OF
States or nations
And when capital arrayed itself arains;
labor and appealed 10 the Courts Of our
State % enforce lis uaholy demands by the
enforcement OF GisuSei and fArgniten law.
a. was the case against the Glass Blowers
Of Baltimore city few years ago, this same
great party and friend of labor. true 10 its
principles and history, repealed the obnox-
iouS statute, and thus labor has been accord.
Ell under the protecting care Of Democracy
an even race with capital in the various en-
ploymentS of life
Principles that teach such magnificent
truths, and in the triumph IL which produce
such grand results as these, must be ac-
counted among the noblesG and best which
the world has ever known.
And "a perpotuate these principles and
insiil them into the minds ~ the people Is
. work worthy of the greates talent. the
brightest intellect, and the noblest aSpira-
tons If man.
Therefore feel l can truly say, that the
work which You have undertaken here in
the organization Of your Club, is not only
in the right direction, but should challenge
the support Of every Democrat an Freder-
lex county.
With heart swelling with sympathy
and with an earnestneSs that allows no de-
NAL, let me say, Godspeed IN Your cause.
May the fires that you are kindling here